And better yet, months ago I ran a EZE SLA list of flights for Nov. 28 2011. Here is what I found:No flights were found departing from Ministro Pistarini Airport and arriving in Martin Miguel de Guermes International Airport at the given time period.

If you want to fly from Buenos Aires to Salta, the only reasonable way to do it is from Jorge Newberry airport. There were 9 flights that day AEP SLA

I have been at the front of the belief that the Rome sightings were at best only a few trailing teams. However, I have done a new study which indicates that they may have been the way that all teams made the connections to Torino. The timing for flights from Asuncion to Sao Paulo or Buenos Aires are in posts above. Connecting at either one, here are the potential flights for arrival Dec. 3:

It's time to put it all together for Asuncion to Torino and see what the implications are for Dewcember 2 flights arriving December 3 in Europe.

First, the only team that can possibly make the 0405 flight out of Asuncion is Art/JJ with my projected release time of 0230, so they will reach Sao Paulo at 0712. However, now they are stuck waiting for the next flight. The Madrid route is useless because the late arrival time from MAD into TRN of 1845 guarantees that teams will not use it unless they have no alternatives. Next, the choice is via Frankfurt or via Rome. Rome is quicker for the following schedule reason:

GRU FRA LH507 2000 1057+1 connecting to LH300 FRA TRN 1241+1 1355+1

GRU FCO AZ675 1715 0713+1 connecting with AZ140 FCO TRN 0935+1 1135+1

The first flight ASU EZE arrives after the only connection which would be superior, so it's out of the running.

For the next 7 teams, I believe they finished before sunset (1927 on December 1 in Asuncion) and would be released sometime after the 0230 that I expect Art/JJ have earned but before 0730. These teams will have to make a choice of Sao Paulo or Buenos Aires and then Madrid, Rome or Frankfurt.

The final situation is for Vanessa/Ralph, who I expect to be released after 0725 since they finished in the dark. I think they will catch up at Asuncion airport and the issue will be seats available on the most desirable flight combinations.

It's time to put it all together for Asuncion to Torino and see what the implications are for Dewcember 2 flights arriving December 3 in Europe.

First, the only team that can possibly make the 0405 flight out of Asuncion is Art/JJ with my projected release time of 0230, so they will reach Sao Paulo at 0712. However, now they are stuck waiting for the next flight. The Madrid route is useless because the late arrival time from MAD into TRN of 1845 guarantees that teams will not use it unless they have no alternatives. Next, the choice is via Frankfurt or via Rome. Rome is quicker for the following schedule reason:

GRU FRA LH507 2000 1057+1 connecting to LH300 FRA TRN 1241+1 1355+1

GRU FCO AZ675 1715 0713+1 connecting with AZ140 FCO TRN 0935+1 1135+1

The first flight ASU EZE arrives after the only connection which would be superior, so it's out of the running.

For the next 7 teams, I believe they finished before sunset (1927 on December 1 in Asuncion) and would be released sometime after the 0230 that I expect Art/JJ have earned but before 0730. These teams will have to make a choice of Sao Paulo or Buenos Aires and then Madrid, Rome or Frankfurt.

The final situation is for Vanessa/Ralph, who I expect to be released after 0725 since they finished in the dark. I think they will catch up at Asuncion airport and the issue will be seats available on the most desirable flight combinations.

I think Art and JJ will fly to Buenos Aries first. Because on one of the previews, you can see them talking with Bopper and Mark. And the preview mentions B+M need to get out of Argentina, which would mean Art and JJ are there too. Just my guess.

I don't know how long the Asuncion pit stop was. If it was longer than I expect (12 hours), then Art & JJ would not make the early flight to GRU. In that case, they would have this option (as would probably all the other teams if space were available):

Pretty sure its Ascuncion - just over Marks shoulder you can see the name of a café - Air P.... There is no such named restaurant listed in EZE or GRU. The info is rather limited on ASU, I can't find a good listing of available restaurants there but by process of elimination...

And the "get out of Argentina" quote? Could the CBS web monkeys have confused Paraguay with Argentina?

1. Don't pick up the phone - You know he's only calling 'cause he's drunk and alone.2. Don't let him in - You have to kick him out again.3. Don't be his friend - You know you're gonna wake up in his bed in the morning.And if you're under him, you ain't gettin' over him. ♥

I have discovered some fascinating flight time information to round out our knowledge of what actually happened. For all 8 teams it looks to me like these parts of the total went went for the first 2 legs:

The interesting thing is what happened to Mark and Bopper as a result of not reading the clue in full detail. They were able to get on PZ716and AZ675 just as the other teams did, but in Rome they were booked on AZ1429 1030 1150. However, that flight was cancelled, so they had few options. Connecting through Paris to get to Torino had few flight combinations, so it had to be Frankfurt or Munich. The better option was Frankfurt:

LU231 1006 1222 FCO FRA connecting with LH300 1241 1355 FRA TRN

Through Munich it was AZ432 0923 (if they knew about the cancellation early enough) FCO MUC connecting with EN1898 1450 1637 MUC TRN

So it looks like the cancellation cost Mark/Bopper another 2 hours beyond the original delta, which was narrowed to about 30 minutes by the lateness of AZ1413.

I think Art/JJ finished leg 3 in Asuncion sometime around 230pm on Dec. 1. So, why was the pit stop timing around 26.5 hours, a most unusual number? I believe this was tailored to make sure that Art/JJ could not get the last flight to Sao Paulo at 6pm on Dec. 1. If they had, they would have arrived in Torino by 2135 or 2200 on Dec. 2, about 26 hours ahead of the other teams.

Teams reached the pit stop in Asunción on the afternoon evening of December 1. Then I think they had a 24+h break to start again in the afternoon of the 2nd. They then fly out on the morning the 3rd of December: PZ 716 ASU-GRU 04:15-07:01 AZ 675 GRU-FCO 17:15-07:31+1

Which puts then in Rome early on the 4th. Then they diverge and the first seven teams take: AZ1413 FCO-TRN 09:20-10:48

While Mark & Bopper fly: AZ1429 FCO-TRO 10:20-11:42

The early flight was slightly delayed and the later flight got in ahead of schedule so Mark & Bopper were less than 1h behind upon arrival.

Teams where then observed when they reached Phil in Turin in the afternoon of the the 4th.

I am inclined to agree with your correction of the date of departure from Paraguay from Dec. 1 to Dec. 2. It appears from double-checking that the Paraguay leg would have started on the morning of Dec. 1. That means it finished the later afternoon of that day or the evening. With a greater than 24 hour pit stop in Asuncion, based in my opinion of desire of World Race Productions to make sure Art/JJ did not get too far ahead, that puts their departure on the early morning of Dec. 3. All flights you show were as I indicated (although the actual departure and arrival times were actually slightly different) except that Mark/Bopper do not face the cancellation of AZ1429 and can arrive at close to the expected 1150am arrival, only 54 minutes behind the other teams. With my earlier work for the day earlier, the problem that did not make sense was that they would have been 2.5 hours behind and could not have logically gotten within sight of Kerri/Stacy at Museo Nazionale dell'Automobile.

Flights look very interesting to Germany, if they fly to Munich, Bavaria, Germany and IF there is a standard 12 hour pit stop.

Sunset in Turin on December 4 (the day of Leg 4 pitstop) was 1648.From Sunday, we can tell Art & JJ and Dave & Rachel checked in before sunset.With a 12 hour pit stop they have a chance of getting on December 5 flight LH1905 TRN-MUC 0645-0825The flight after that is LH1895 TRN-MUC 0835-1000with the chance of Joey & Danny, Vanessa & Ralph, Nary & Jamie, and maybe the others (with the exception of Mark & Bopper) depending on what time they checked in.The flight after that is LH1897 TRN-MUC 1305-1445For sure this is the earliest flight for Mark & Bopper they can make with them checking in well after 10PM.The flight after that is LH1899 TRN-MUC 1705-1845if Mark & Bopper do not make the above flight.

About how to get to Germany from Turin. Could teams perhaps self-drive? Let us say they are released in the morning of the 5th and then drive to Germany where they encounter an HOO so the actual leg takes place on the 6th.

This would cost a day, but teams would be bunched and production could get some wonderful pictures of the teams driving through the alps in winter. And we do see that teams self-drive in Bavaria.

According to Google the driving time from Turin to Neuschwanstein Castle is about 6 hours.

That is a possibility. The only thing is the teams would have to cross the borders of countries twice (That is Italy -> Switzerland and Switzerland -> Germany). The Amazing Race has had teams cross borders. Season 19 had teams cross Denmark to Germany. The reason why I doubt it is because I do not believe ever in the history of the Amazing Race that teams have driven completely through a country, in this case Switzerland, without a single clue box or task. (If someone can back me up on that, it would be helpful.)

Another thing to throw out there is that it is a 1.5 hour drive, according to Mapquest, from the Munich airport to Neuschwanstien Castle.

With the time lost going to Turin airport (including ticketing, security, etc.), flying to Munich taking about 100 minutes and a 2 hour drive from Munich to Fussen, I estimate that the total time to fly from a downtown Torino starting point and end up in Fussen would be 6 hours. That assumes that you have such a flight perfectly timed from Torino to Munich. My opinion is that the 6 hour drive would be a MUCH better choice if that is offered.